In search of an aloe vera plant and Chinese New Year plants, I trooped down to the plant nurseries on Thomson Road today. These two pictures were taken at Far East Flora.

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Pitcher plants are considered good luck during Chinese New Year. The sign said in Chinese “dai dai ping an” (sacks of peace). Also, pitcher plants in Cantonese is “water pouring into a pig’s cage.” From The Star (Malaysia):

Water is symbolic of wealth to the Chinese, and traditionally, a pig’s cage has a big opening which welcomes the wealth. In short, the plant symbolises abundance of wealth for years to come.

 

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Many of the plants at the nursery had red, fluffy pipe cleaners with bumps twisted onto them. I thought the plants were flowering until I got a closer look! Clever, and somewhat disturbing use of pipe cleaners.

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